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Avient’s chief operating decision maker uses these financial measures to monitor and evaluate the ongoing performance of Avient and each business segment and to allocate resources. Copyright © . 2025 3 Avient at a glance Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to Avient's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure Avient's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude.

Color Cosmetics

Color and additive solutions include an innovative array of colors, special effects and performance-enhancing and eco-friendly solutions. This sale resulted in the recognition of a pre-tax gain of $223.7 million ($139.7 million, net of tax). Color and additive solutions include an innovative array of colors, POLYONE CORPORATION 73 special effects and performance-enhancing and eco-friendly solutions.

Senior management uses pre-special gross margin, adjusted operating income, adjusted EPS and working capital to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and that current levels may serve as a base for future performance. Platform operating income mix percentage 2005Y 2008Y 2011Y Global Specialty Engineered Materials $ 0.4 $ 17.6 $ 45.9 Global Color, Additives and Inks 4.3 28.1 43.4 Specialty Platform $ 4.7 $ 45.7 $ 89.3 Performance Products and Solutions 75.7 31.3 62.4 Distribution 19.5 28.1 56.0 SunBelt Joint Venture 91.9 28.6 5.0 Corporate (51.5) (425.1) 20.3 Operating income (loss) GAAP $ 140.3 $ (291.4) $ 233.0 Less: Corporate operating expense (income) 51.5 425.1 (20.3) Operating income excluding Corporate $ 191.8 $ 133.7 $ 212.7 Specialty platform operating mix percentage 2% 34% 42% Pro forma platform operating income mix percentage 2007 Pro forma 2011Y Specialty Platform $ 30.6 $ 89.3 Pro forma ColorMatrix - 27.7 Specialty Platform pro forma ColorMatrix $ 30.6 $ 117.0 Performance Products and Solutions 65.8 62.4 Distribution 22.1 56.0 SunBelt Joint Venture 34.8 5.0 Corporate (73.3) 20.3 Operating income pro forma ColorMatrix $ 80.0 $ 260.7 Less: Corporate and SunBelt operating income 73.3 (25.3) Operating income excluding Corporate operating income $ 153.3 $ 235.4 Specialty platform operating mix percentage 20% 50% Adjusted EPS 2006Y 2007Y 2008Y 2009Y 2010Y 2011Y Net Income $ 130.9 $ 40.9 $ (417.0) $ 106.7 $ 162.6 $ 172.6 SunBelt and OxyVinyls equity earnings, after tax (68.5) (26.1) (20.8) (19.0) (14.7) (3.7) Special items, after tax (21.2) 41.4 310.0 (31.0) 15.8 (30.5) Tax adjustments (30.0) (30.7) 147.2 (44.9) (88.3) (42.3) Adjusted net income $ 11.2 $ 25.5 $ 19.4 $ 11.8 $ 75.4 $ 96.1 Diluted shares 92.8 93.1 92.7 93.4 96.0 94.3 Adjusted EPS $ 0.12 $ 0.27 $ 0.21 $ 0.13 $ 0.79 $ 1.02 Adjusted EPS Q1 2011 Q1 2012 Net Income $ 110.2 $ 20.2 SunBelt equity earnings, after tax (3.7) - Special items, after tax (79.8) 6.1 Tax adjustments (1.5) 0.1 Adjusted net income $ 25.2 $ 26.4 Diluted shares 96.4 90.7 Adjusted EPS $ 0.26 $ 0.29 Platform sales and operating income (OI) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Global Specialty Engineered Materials Sales $ 282.5 $ 345.3 $ 384.4 $ 514.0 $ 402.9 $ 517.4 $ 575.1 Global Color, Additives and Inks Sales 503.7 531.8 560.5 554.3 459.8 527.4 544.6 Specialty Platform Sales $ 786.2 $ 877.1 $ 944.9 $ 1,068.3 $ 862.7 $ 1,044.8 $ 1,119.7 Performance Products and Solutions Sales 1,136.3 1,166.2 1,086.8 1,001.4 667.7 776.3 865.4 PolyOne Distribution Sales 679.2 732.8 744.3 796.7 625.1 911.9 996.5 Corporate and Eliminations (151.1) (153.7) (133.3) (127.7) (94.8) (111.1) (118.1) Total Sales $ 2,450.6 $ 2,622.4 $ 2,642.7 $ 2,738.7 $ 2,060.7 $ 2,621.9 $ 2,863.5 Pro forma ColorMatrix Sales 196.0 Total sales pro forma ColorMatrix $ 3,059.5 Global Specialty Engineered Materials OI $ 0.4 $ 3.9 $ 4.9 $ 17.6 $ 20.6 $ 49.7 $ 45.9 Global Color, Additives and Inks OI 4.3 8.9 25.7 28.1 25.2 37.7 43.4 Specialty Platform OI $ 4.7 $ 12.8 $ 30.6 $ 45.7 $ 45.8 $ 87.4 $ 89.3 Performance Products and Solutions OI 75.7 64.2 65.8 31.3 33.1 54.0 62.4 PolyOne Distribution OI 19.5 19.2 22.1 28.1 24.8 42.0 56.0 Sunbelt Joint Venture OI 91.9 102.9 34.8 28.6 25.5 18.9 5.0 Corporate and eliminations (21.8) (4.6) (25.5) (28.9) (40.8) (32.5) (26.4) Special items (29.7) 39.1 (47.8) (396.2) 48.7 4.8 46.7 Operating income (loss) GAAP $ 140.3 $ 233.6 $ 80.0 $ (291.4) $ 137.1 $ 174.6 $ 233.0 Sunbelt equity income (72.5) (107.0) (40.8) (32.5) (29.7) (23.1) (5.7) Special items 29.7 (39.1) 47.8 396.2 (48.7) (4.8) (46.7) Operating income adjusted $ 97.5 $ 87.5 $ 87.0 $ 72.3 $ 58.7 $ 146.7 $ 180.6 Operating income pro forma ColorMatrix 27.7 Operating income adjusted pro forma ColorMatrix $ 208.3 Global Specialty Engineered Materials - OI as a percentage of sales 0.1% 1.1% 1.3% 3.4% 5.1% 9.6% 8.0% Global Color, Additives and Inks - OI as a percentage of sales 0.9% 1.7% 4.6% 5.1% 5.5% 7.1% 8.0% Specialty platform OI as a percentage of sales 0.6% 1.5% 3.2% 4.3% 5.3% 8.4% 8.0% Specialty platform OI as a percentage of sales - pro forma ColorMatrix 8.9% Global Color, Additives and Inks OI as a percentage of sales – pro forma ColorMatrix 9.6% PP&S operating OI as a percentage of sales 6.7% 5.5% 6.1% 3.1% 5.0% 7.0% 7.2% Distribution OI as a percentage of sales 2.9% 2.6% 3.0% 3.5% 4.0% 4.6% 5.6% PolyOne OI adjusted, as a percentage of sales 4.0% 3.3% 3.3% 2.6% 2.8% 5.6% 6.3% PolyOne OI adjusted, pro forma for ColorMatrix, as a percent of sales 6.8% Operating income (OI) Q1 2011 Q1 2012 Global Specialty Engineered Materials OI $ 14.0 $ 11.8 Global Color, Additives and Inks OI 11.2 17.3 Specialty Platform OI $ 25.2 $ 29.1 Performance Products and Solutions OI 14.3 17.8 PolyOne Distribution OI 14.7 16.7 Corporate and eliminations (1.6) (10.2) Special items 127.2 (8.5) Operating income (loss) GAAP $ 179.8 $ 44.9 Research and Development (R&D) – Pro forma ColorMatrix 2011 PolyOne R&D $ 36.9 ColorMatrix R&D 3.6 Pro forma R&D $ 40.5 Gross Margin as a percentage of Sales 2006 2011 2011 Pro forma ColorMatrix Specialty platform sales $ 877.1 $ 1,119.7 $ 1,315.7 Specialty platform gross margin 125.2 263.4 345.9 Specialty platform gross margin percentage 14.3 % 23.5 % 26.3 % Average Debt Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Average PolyOne Debt $ 452.9 $ 432.9 $ 432.9 $ 432.9 $ 707.0 n/a Pro forma ColorMatrix 274.1 274.1 274.1 274.1 - n/a Total Debt $ 727.0 $ 707.0 $ 707.0 $ 707.0 $ 707.0 $ 711.0 Average Equity Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Average PolyOne $ 516.0 $ 615.2 $ 629.6 $ 608.5 $ 588.3 $ 591.5

SERVICES OVERVIEW COLORANTS & ADDITIVES VALUE-ADDED SERVICES At Avient, our goal is to provide premier colorant and additive technologies paired with world-class services that support our specialized and sustainable solutions. They use an onsite collaborative approach to accelerate and streamline the product development process, from initial consultation through the translation of ideas into colors, shapes or effects. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application.

Choose from a range of materials to create lightweight yet rugged panels, floors, doors and liners that can support any cargo easily without the density and bulk of metal. Color Cosmetics

Avient acquired the Clariant Color business on July 1, 2020 (the “Acquisition Date”). In addition, operating income before the effect of special items is a component of Avient’s annual and long-term employee incentive plans and is used in debt covenant computations. Senior management believes the measures described above are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to Avient's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure Avient's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude.

The efficiency-enhancing features ensure continuous and consistent delivery of liquid colorants and additives, reducing overall waste. About Avient Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint